New Toy

Ruger Mk III 22/45 Target. Got it for $266 before tax, brand new. I don't think I'll see it any cheaper anywhere else, so I figured I might as well buy it. I put 200 rounds through it this afternoon, which cost me $12. Very accurate, very fun to shoot.

"No. Listen to me because I know what I'm talking about here." -- Hannibal

I also rented a Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm compact handgun today. Mostly because I get free rentals at the range I go to, and am about to move. I shot it side by side with my gen 4 glock 19.

The M&P is a nice pistol, but I don't like it nearly as much as my glock. It shot well and was accurate, but had a couple drawbacks.

1.) Recoil seemed a lot stronger, though was still pretty negligible.
2.) This is the big one for me: The trigger. Kind of a long trigger squeeze, and the reset is definitely a lot longer. Worse still, it's imperceptible. You just have to sort of figure out where it resets, leading to longer trigger squeeze and reduced accuracy.

3.) As a minor point of contention, it is almost exactly the same size as a glock 19, but only holds 12 rounds in the magazine I was given. I'm sure larger mags are available, but if that is what it comes standard with, that is kind of lame.

"No. Listen to me because I know what I'm talking about here." -- Hannibal

But yeah, that 22 pistol rules. I got to shoot one a while back and it was damn accurate.

Rock Island 1911s are nice, but they still shoot .45 ACP, which is fucking expensive right now. I probably could have shot about 30 rounds of 45 for the same price as 200 rounds of .22lr.

At 15 meters, 2 rounds out of 100 were outside of the 9 score on an oval shoot n see target. Roughly 30 were on the orange bullseye. And I have strength and dexterity loss on the left side of my body from a spinal cord injury. And I shoot left handed.

At 7 meters, "stray shot" = outside of the bullseye.

Seriously accurate.

"No. Listen to me because I know what I'm talking about here." -- Hannibal